Thayer Central had won two straight home games and Sam Souerdyke did his part to make it three on Tuesday. The Thayer Central Titans walked away with a 57-48 win over the Shelby-Rising City Huskies thanks in part to Souerdyke, who went 8 for 16 en route to 22 points along with eight boards and five steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Thayer Central's points.

Lukas Kroll
02/11/25 vs Shelby-Rising City | 9 |
01/18/25 @ Milford | 8 |
01/11/25 vs Deshler | 8 |
01/29/24 vs Superior | 8 |
02/04/25 vs Wilber-Clatonia | 7 |
The team also got some help courtesy of Lukas Kroll, who posted nine points and five rebounds. Those nine points gave him a new career-high.
Shelby-Rising City lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Dalton Pokorney, who put up 13 points in addition to six boards and three blocks. He has been hot for a while, having posted two or more blocks the last nine times he's played. Another player making a difference was Noah Thelen, who had 17 points.
Thayer Central is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Shelby-Rising City, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-11.
Coming up, Thayer Central will take on Southern at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Shelby-Rising City, they and Osceola will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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